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...eight soldiers had sustained one injury and were running out of ammunition by the time two tanks and an Apache helicopter arrived on the scene. The rest of us approached from various angles to try and get at the source of fire; but no one let out a single shot for two hours. The tanks and helicopter could not confirm the exact source of fire and we refused to risk hitting innocents; instead we left our men helpless until we finally discerned the very muzzle flashes in the windows. The tank fired three shells, the helicopter one missile...
Horn’s imagery often alludes to Biblical scenes while depicting everyday life. For example, when Leora, whose search for meaning is one of the novel’s central themes, stands at a seal tank in a zoo with her boyfriend, the narrator evokes the parting...
Jason leaned against the seal tank and blew on its surface... Little waves of water rushed away from him, cowering before his breath. For a moment it seemed to Leora that if Jason blew hard enough, he could blow half the tank’s water away, clearing an empty space for himself to step inside, high...
...most subtly resonant of the rugs are those in which a rocket launcher replaces a traditional filigree theme, a tank substitutes for an octagon, or a minaret is swapped for a gun barrel?those where the war has just begun to impose itself on an otherwise eternal field. The changed landscape of these carpets echoes the changed landscape of the weavers' own countryside: a sky that had seen so few commercial jetliners becomes filled with bombers and missiles. In some of the later rugs, war machinery overwhelms the entire weave. All the traditional imagery has been obliterated, leaving two giant...
...basic belief is that Israel is in the middle of a 100-year war." Tibon prosecutes that war from Tel Haras base, high on Mount Gerizim. From this bastion, Tibon can pick out a handful of Palestinian cars far below on the otherwise empty streets of Nablus. Israeli tanks are the only other presence on the roads. Tibon discusses supplies of food and medicine to the city's 200,000 residents with one of his officers. As he sees it, he has to balance military pressure with the need to avoid "a humanitarian disaster." It's a risky line...